Military Aviation: The Most Difficult Task in Aviation, the First Aircraft Carrier Landing, How the First Aircraft Carrier Landing Was Designed, Marine vs. Navy Aircraft Take Off Location, the World’s First Aircraft Carrier, Pearl Harbor, United States of America Attacked With Dummy Bombs During War Games, the Pearl Harbor Attack Signifying the Future of Modern Warfare, and the Immense Damage Japan Dealt Toward the U.S. After the Pearl Harbor Attack

Landing an aircraft on an aircraft carrier at sea is considered the most difficult task in aviation. The first aircraft ever landed on the deck of a steamship was accomplished in 1911, just a few short years after the Wright brothers had the first airplane become airborne. The task was accomplished by having ropes and sandbags run horizontally across the wooden landing stage on top of the deck of the ship. The rope caught a hook on the bottom of the landing aircraft and slowed it down, with each...


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